Should Drivers Refuse To Work For Companies With Forced Dispatch?
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Firehog, i think at prime there is a mile limit. like 200 or something. i have bobtailed home from both carlisle pa and north jersey. also once from the PA terminal about 130 miles from home
Hey Rainy, what part of NJ are you from? We had to recently get a load from Teterboro, NJ and that whole area has a LOT of to light turns for trucks. My student, now temp co driver really got practice buttonhookin turns that night.
Bobtail:
"Bobtailing" means you are driving a tractor without a trailer attached.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Thats north jersey. im outside of philly
There are a couple of policies or conditions that I would never work under, but...forced dispatch ? I don't even see how it makes sense to object to that as a company driver. Seems an inherent feature of the job in a large fleet. They can't very well put every load up for discussion and a vote. Personally, I never even state displeasure with any individual load. If it becomes a trend...one of a bunch of lame loads that leads to an 1800 mile paycheck after a week of them, then I'll say something. But I'm not going to let anyone hear me complaining about the run I got TODAY....makes it too inviting for someone to assign me an even worse run tomorrow.
What a strange title/question. Maybe the title should be: "should an employee do what they're paid to do?"😳
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Firehog, i think at prime there is a mile limit. like 200 or something. i have bobtailed home from both carlisle pa and north jersey. also once from the PA terminal about 130 miles from home
Bobtail:
"Bobtailing" means you are driving a tractor without a trailer attached.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.